Full Assurance

A debtor to Mercy alone,

Of covenant Mercy I sing;

Nor fear, with thy Righteousness on,

My Person and Off ’ring to bring:

The Terrors of Law, and of God,

With me can have nothing to do;

My Saviour’s Obedience and Blood

Hide all my Transgressions from view.

—Augustus Toplady

Hymns and Sacred Poems of Augustus Toplady

The Hardest Time of All

But at last we learn the lesson
That God knows what is best;
For with wisdom comes patience,
And of patience comes rest;
Yea—a golden thread is shining
Through the tangled woof of fate;
And our hearts shall thank Him meekly,
That He taught us how to wait.

—from The Hardest Time of All by Sarah Doudney

Sarah Doudney: Selected Poems and Hymns